U.S. Marines with SPMAGTF-Crisis Response-Africa completed a training engagement focused solely on detection techniques and safety precautions for improvised explosive devices with service members of the Ugandan People's Defense Force in Camp Singo, Uganda.

Military policemen with the Provost Marshal's Office responded to an active shooter and barricaded suspect training scenario Nov. 20 at Camp Courtney's Post Exchange and Commissary to practice their tactical skills.

United States Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command (MARSOC) was born in 2006, during the wake of Operation Enduring Freedom's surge. During their eight years of operating within Afghanistan, MARSOC triumphantly left their footprint in the country's evolution to stability, training and advising Afghan National Army Commandos and eradicating Taliban safe havens.

Marines with Marine Forces Reserve visited the Ozanam Inn, a homeless shelter in New Orleans, Nov. 19, 2014, to help serve a special Thanksgiving meal and distribute cold weather clothing to those in need.

Few events in Marine Corps history are storied as the iconic flag raising on Mt. Suribachi during World War II's Battle of Iwo Jima. The quiet event, starkly contrasting the bloody battle that claimed lives of a third of the war's fallen Marines, later marked a deafening Allied victory and powerfully symbolized the resolve of a nation at war.

Friends and family gathered at the National Museum of the Marine Corps to remember their father and a fallen Montford Marine, Cpl Julius B. Foxx, during Foxx's Congressional Gold Medal ceremony, Nov. 14.

The Marine Corps has always been associated with top physical conditioning, leadership, strength of character and a tradition of winning. Every Marine is required to possess a sound mind and body to be a part of the elite ranks.

An expanded modeling and simulation facility opened for business Nov. 12 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Marine Corps Systems Command and Georgia Tech Research Institute officials joined those from federal, state and local government to unveil the state-of-the-art, multi-use site, which offers customized service for agencies eager to develop a broad spectrum of capabilities for the warfighter.

With flags of red, white and blue in hand, the supporters of America's veterans, some of whom are veterans themselves, screamed, shouted, clapped and cheered at the 95th annual Veterans Day Parade, also known as America's Parade.

Artillery units traditionally support ground troops with precise, long-range indirect fire, and are rarely called upon to engage targets with direct fire. Though direct engagements are not an artilleryman's primary mission, Marines on the gun line are expected to be adaptable and effective under any and all circumstances.